Wireless residential gateway and indoor base station

Abstract

This patent document describes, among other things, techniques, and apparatuses for providing a residential gateway and/or indoor base station to improve wireless network efficiency and performance. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a wireless device from a base station, base station information comprising an identifier, wherein the base station information indicates that the base station is an indoor small base station. The method further includes determining, at the wireless device, whether the indoor small base station can be accessed based on the identifier. The method includes triggering, by the wireless device, a registration procedure or a service request procedure with a network based on the identifier.